Exercise to prevent accelerated vascular aging in people living with HIV

R Jones, AT Robinson, LB Beach, ML Lindsey… - Circulation …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Given advances in antiretroviral therapy, the mortality rate for HIV infection has dropped
considerably over recent decades. However, people living with HIV (PLWH) experience …

Proposed mechanisms of hypertension and risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in LGBT communities

O Taweh, JD Moreira - American Journal of Physiology …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Hypertension (HTN), a highly prevalent public issue affecting one in two adults in the United
States, has recently been shown to differentially burden individuals belonging to …

Sexual minority status disparities in life's essential 8 and life's simple 7 cardiovascular health scores: a French nationwide population‐based study

O Deraz, B Caceres, CG Streed Jr… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background A higher burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors has been reported in
sexual minority populations. Primordial prevention may therefore be a relevant preventative …

Sexual minorities are not a homogeneous population: Health disparity differences based on residence in rural versus urban settings

E Morgan, K Lancaster, Y Phosri, J Ricks… - Rural and Remote …, 2023 - search.informit.org
Introduction: Past research has demonstrated that, separately, sexual minorities (SMs) and
rural-dwelling populations are each at elevated risk for chronic diseases relative to …

At-Risk Drinking in US Adults with Health Conditions: Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 2015–2019

CC Tam, WC Kerr, WK Cook, L Li - Journal of racial and ethnic health …, 2024 - Springer
Few studies in the US address alcohol consumption patterns in adults with chronic health
conditions, and little is known about race and ethnicity differences. This study examined at …

Inclusive care practices and policies among sexual and gender minority older adults

JG Anderson, JD Flatt, EC Cicero… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.healio.com
As the health care and well-being of sexual and gender minority (SGM; ie, lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and/or transgender or gender non-binary) people in the United States receive …

Young men of color lower on adult attachment anxiety have higher carotid-intima media thickness compared to white young men: The exploration of an unexpected …

SH Cook, EP Wood, V Martinez, GM Alvarez… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the number one cause of death among men in the
United States. Emerging research demonstrates that socioemotional mechanisms such as …

Discrimination is associated with C-reactive protein among young sexual minority men

SH Cook, N Slopen, L Scarimbolo, N Mirin… - Journal of behavioral …, 2022 - Springer
This report examines associations between everyday discrimination, microaggressions, and
CRP to gain insight on potential mechanisms that may underlie increased CVD risk among …

Disparities in Telomere length by Sexual Orientation in Adults from the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Aging Cohort

AS Rivera, CR Chao, RC Hechter - American Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The weathering hypothesis proposes that marginalized people experience faster biologic
aging due to cumulative stress which translates to chronic disease disparities. We assessed …

Sexual and gender minority differences in likelihood of being a caregiver and levels of caregiver strain in a sample of older adults

E Morgan, C Dyar, BA Feinstein… - Journal of Homosexuality, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Over the next two decades, the number of caregivers is expected to climb dramatically
alongside a rise in older adults, particularly sexual and gender minority (SGM) older adults …